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Old 07-09-2008 | 08:54 AM
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JDM Spec Restoraton!

I heard that RX-8s in Japan get a higher power output than USDM cars..., and I also heard that this was because of emissions and the EPA castrating our cars!

What exactly did the EPA do? What can I do to restore it?

My car already looks "JDM". Time to make it mechanically JDM!
Old 07-09-2008 | 08:57 AM
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Not true.

They may have a slightly more aggressive computer program for fuel control, but not mechanically different.

Horsepower is measured/quoted slightly differently in Japan.

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Old 07-09-2008 | 09:00 AM
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install a catless midpipe and get an accessport. Now you will have more power than the JDM.
Old 07-09-2008 | 09:21 AM
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install a catless midpipe and get an accessport. Now you will have more power than the JDM.
agree, and it will be a lot cheaper than trying to import a foreign car and federalizing it.
Old 07-09-2008 | 09:23 AM
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I already have a catless midpipe sitting in my room..., time to get off my *** and install it I guess.
Old 07-09-2008 | 09:34 AM
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A "Mechanically JDM" car would have a cat.

(Hello Kitty.....)

Faster or JDM?

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Old 07-09-2008 | 09:56 AM
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Faster. I'm not JDM obsessed, but I was rather pissed to hear that some government agency castrated our cars!
Old 07-09-2008 | 09:57 AM
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Faster. I'm not JDM obsessed, but I was rather pissed to hear that some government agency castrated our cars!
too bad, thats the way it is.
Old 07-09-2008 | 10:09 AM
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New ECU calibrations have closed the gap between US and JDM tunes - the Racing Beat 'race' calibration is optimized as close as a plug'n'play tune could be.


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